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The Mark Inside
12+ albums
indie rocktorontosxsw 2009
about
This is an open letter to old and new friends; It is entirely possible that The Mark Inside's new EP False Flag may never have seen the light of day. Myself and the rest of the band---Geoff Bennett, Gus Harris, and Reade Ollivier---have had to struggle a long time to get this out to you and to get where we are today. But I think we've come out the other side stronger, self-possessed artists (yes I am willing to label ourselves as such) content to live and die by our collective sword. We have lived this music inside and out and mean every word, beat and note of it. In the years following our debut release, Static/Crash, this band has fought hard to get on with a second full-length record. We toured Canada extensively, made two videos that saw heavy play on MuchMusic and online, and the songs 'Carousel' and 'Sweet Little Sister' from Static/Crash achieved mainstream radio success. All good things. But our band has been most lauded for our live show. We love to play, and it is our bare-bones live sets have made the band bleed, pour sweat, and blister hands and vocal cords. Fans leaping onto the stage, unable to control themselves is a regular phenomenon; they have all but thrown us from the stage in their frenzy. Cops have shut down our shows on more than one occasion and there have even been instances of public nudity and property damage. Dose magazine says The Mark Inside live experience is a "ballsy rock rave up. Kinda like a balls-out bar-room jamboree at the roadhouse at
